Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | dcarmine  | | Posted: | Mar 12, 2024 16:46 | | Subject: | Re: BEWARE! HACK TRIALS!! | | Viewed: | 117 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, UTLF writes:
| | | | That's stupid to blame BrickLink.
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No it isn't
They've been letting spam accounts run rampant for the past year despite
announcing a "fix" coming "soon"
MrEvil from Ukraine was supposedly the culprit, he's been banned since August
2023, and the spam continues... somehow we're supposed to think they care
about keeping the site safe?
If they can't even deal with simple forum spam, how the hell are we to trust
them with our account security?
"Oh just report it so the forum mods can deal with it"
Yeah, rely on the volunteers instead of paying your security team to come up
with a premanent fix for it... makes total sense
What a goddamn joke
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First, the site is built on technology from 2000. Until they upgrade the platform
completely, they do as much as possible to lock it down. Hence the Nov 3rd incident.
Two-factor authentication has been available for opt-in if you think you will
benefit from it:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2615
I'm sure they are handling this as best they can, a rewrite is in progress.
We were told about 6 months ago that it will be a two year job. So hang in and
look for bigger things in the future.
HTH
Donna
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| Author: | dcarmine | | Posted: | Mar 12, 2024 16:19 | | Subject: | Re: Selling Removed Stickers | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| I was just uploading used parts with printing or stickers. I know people want
them for finishing a bricklinked set. But this category is one I loathe. I
was contemplating removing the stickers and selling the parts because they take
up a lot of space, require a lot of time to list and I don't get very many
orders for them. This gives me an alterative option that I might try with a few
themes.
Sometimes I get a badly placed or incorrect part sticker that needs to be re-applied.
I use a blow-dryer to heat and soften the sticker. Then it comes off with all
of it's stickiness and I can re-apply more accurately or to the correct part.
I have saved stickers to a zip bag exterior and they are in great shape to re-apply.
Thanks,
Donna
In Selling, brickerking writes:
| | Ran across a seller that sells stickers they have removed from parts and lists
as used, incomplete sticker sheets. Is that allowed?
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| Author: | dcarmine | | Posted: | Mar 8, 2024 14:34 | | Subject: | Re: Chocolate | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| This guy makes everything out of chocolate...YouTube.
In Off Topic, qwertyboy writes:
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| Author: | dcarmine | | Posted: | Jan 17, 2024 16:37 | | Subject: | Re: Year End Shipping Costs Issue | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Won't help you now....I switched to PirateShip.com They are free, they import
Paypal orders for addresses using multiple PP accounts, ship using UPS or FedX
without an account from those services, and you can Bulk create labels. They
also have data on your shipping costs, areas shipped to, and lots more.
The best thing they do is help you dispute USPS scanners that cause a large fee
because they said you did it wrong. I had one just last week. I submitted the
appeal and I got my money back on Monday! PayPal wasn't unable to do that
when I switched 2yrs ago.
No reason not to try it.
Donna
In General, uticabrix writes:
| | How do stores found out how much year end we have spent on Shipping? (for tax
filing).
Bricklink only includes what stores charge overall. Paypal used to have this
until Ship Station took over, and they don't have this option. Any suggestions?
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| Author: | dcarmine | | Posted: | Jan 10, 2024 16:27 | | Subject: | Re: Abrew's e-Bricks Update | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| You provided a password, but there is no place to enter it?
In Sales, ricka writes:
| | Hello to all.
Just a quick note to let you know there will be no upload for Jan. We are closing our store for a few weeks while we head out on a vacation.
We will reopen at the end of this month. And we have nearly 100,000 parts ready for our Feb. upload. WE will see you soon.
Thanks for all of your support.
With Regards,
Vicki and Rick
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| Author: | dcarmine | | Posted: | Jan 10, 2024 15:44 | | Subject: | Re: Brick Picker - Mobile App to manage orders | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| Cool! Nice to see something coming out for Android ahead of iPhone. Thanks!
I like the name just fine  .
Donna
In Related Software, Bluishgray writes:
| | Hello,
I took some time to develop an app to make picking orders easier. The first obvious
advantage is that the order workflow is designed for smartphones (Android only).
The app includes the familiar filtering options found on Bricklink and, at the
end of an order, offers automation features such as automatic feedback, sending
the Drive Thru, changing the order status, and archiving an order.
The app is completely free and open source!
You can download it here:
https://mybrickhub.com/
Additionally, the app is currently in alpha testing on the Play Store:
https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.mybrickhub.brickpicker
Feel free to test the app and let me know if you have any suggestions for improvements
or errors 
Tom
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| Author: | dcarmine | | Posted: | Jan 2, 2024 16:19 | | Subject: | Re: 2-step-Authenticator | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Those others may be funny, but here is where you can read about it and "opt-in"
to One Time Pin security:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2615&q=security+pin
HTH,
Donna
In Suggestions, Caiuzx writes:
| | Hello ,
I have been a lego player since the 1980s.
I had an idea regarding safety issues.
The idea is if you can add the 2-step-autothenticator to the site , in a "security"
menu
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1066447?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid
to access any site after the login and password , the user has to enter the numbers
that generates the android autothentication on the smarthphone.
I think you have already thought about it !
Best Regards and Happy Holidays 
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| Author: | dcarmine | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2023 15:22 | | Subject: | Re: HELP: International shipment damaged | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, galaxyfe writes:
| | Hi, I am a seller and a recent international order was damaged. The buyer sent
me the pics and it looks like the package was run over. The package and label
are clearly damaged. I will gladly insure packages if requested and paid for
but this package did not have insurance. The buyer wants a refund and it's
like $40. Do I have to refund the shipment? I feel for the buyer for sure but
not sure I have to take the hit here. I do have in my shipping terms that if
you don't buy insurance then I am not responsible but maybe that is not true.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Just a thought...Is only the legs damaged? Maybe it would be cheaper to offer
to send another pair of legs? Or to refund only for the legs? Maybe the buyer
would work with you on it. If you offer different solutions and apologize for
the problem most buyers can understand what happened and work to get it fixed.
Donna
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| Author: | dcarmine | | Posted: | Nov 28, 2023 14:19 | | Subject: | Re: LEGO VIP at Target!!! | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, waltzking writes:
| | Well this is interesting news. Makes the 5% on RED card buys doubly rewarding!
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Is this still available? Not seeing it on the LEGO site.
Thanks
Donna
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| Author: | dcarmine | | Posted: | Nov 9, 2023 12:32 | | Subject: | Re: Update on November 3rd incident | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| Thank you so much for your work! Thank you for your communication through out!
Well done!!!
Donna
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| Author: | dcarmine | | Posted: | Nov 2, 2023 17:05 | | Subject: | LOL.... | | Viewed: | 179 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| | Funny... |
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| Author: | dcarmine | | Posted: | Sep 19, 2023 14:57 | | Subject: | Re: Brickstore and Colmar2 | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| I am also running on windows and when I opened it today it "looked" for
a DB update and went straight to "Already up to date" and "8 days
old".
But my my version is 2023.8.1 with Build (1059). Also, colmar2 is visible in
sets.
HTH
Donna
In Related Software, macebobo writes:
| | I have a couple of questions for those using BrickStore.
On both my Linux (2023.5.1) and Windows (2022.4.2) machines, the database says
it was generated 8 days ago, regardless of when it was generated.
Also, I can not seem to get the COLMAR2 series to show up.
Are you experiencing this issue? If others are, I can enter a bug report in Github.
If not, I'm probably going to turn off the computer and go enjoy some sunshine.
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| Author: | dcarmine | | Posted: | Jun 14, 2023 12:20 | | Subject: | Re: Damn! They're having an effect... | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, UTLF writes:
| | Are those the tim mcgraw tom cruise apple cider vinegar CBD keto gummies i've
been hearing about?
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| Author: | dcarmine | | Posted: | Apr 18, 2023 18:14 | | Subject: | Re: What are these? Set 40588 | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Ziegelmeister writes:
| | This isn't inventoried yet; but I've never seen something like this.
What are these "buds" made from?
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And...
on the bottom of the egg.
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| Author: | dcarmine | | Posted: | Apr 4, 2023 16:17 | | Subject: | Re: Font update coming to some BrickLink pages | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Hello everyone,
This week we’ve scheduled a deployment that includes an update to the font used
on all of the newer BrickLink pages like the Studio Gallery, My Collection, BrickLink
Designer Program pages, and many more. We’re working to gradually reduce the
number of different fonts across all of BrickLink and eventually unify down to
just one font for the whole platform.
If you notice any visual bugs with the new font (weird spacing, text extending
outside its box, etc.) please submit a screenshot to the Help Desk.
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Thanks Russell
Donna
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| Author: | dcarmine | | Posted: | Apr 4, 2023 16:10 | | Subject: | Re: Prototype?? | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, Pazzo writes:
| | Anyone ever seen this one before, it’s a 1x1 brick with a cutout
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It's a bracket:
Fairly new but very useful!
Donna
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| Author: | dcarmine | | Posted: | Mar 31, 2023 14:36 | | Subject: | Re: HELP! | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, JamesHall writes:
| | My sales have dried up recently, not quite sure why! Has this happened to anyone
else?
If you could take a minute to look at my stock that would be really appreciated,
I f I need to alter some prices to please a buyer I'll more than happily
do it.
Many thanks
Orbitstore.
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There is a natural slow down in the springtime. We may be on the beginning of
that now. Caused by people going outside to play, instead of inside with LEGO,
Use the time to work on your store, both on the internet and the physical storage
of your inventory.
Or....Go outside!!
HTH
Donna
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| Author: | dcarmine | | Posted: | Mar 11, 2023 21:40 | | Subject: | Re: Update: Tell me what do sellers want most? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Thanks Russell,
That helps me tremendously to know you and the team are listening to us all with
a mind to work at getting some things done.
Thanks to everyone. When we communicate openly we can come together to help this
place thrive!
Donna
In General, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In General, dcarmine writes:
| | Comments are welcome.
Donna
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FYI Donna -
Your original post and the ensuing thread were shared with the entire BrickLink
team as recommended reading:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1389672
It is unusual to have that many good ideas shared in one thread and I'm going
to keep it bookmarked for quick reference.
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| Author: | dcarmine | | Posted: | Mar 9, 2023 13:34 | | Subject: | Update: Tell me what do sellers want most? | | Viewed: | 191 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| I'm sorry this is so late in coming, life gets in the way sometimes.
The meeting was held on Feb 1, 2023. The usuals were there. Tanja leads the
meeting and she introduced a new Product Manager for Marketplace, Sergio Reyes.
The usual discussion commenced. I found that my microphone was not working and
my attempt to fix it failed.
Tanja announced that I needed to present something important, still my mic was
dead. By the time I was able to call in, the meeting had progressed and I had
little time to add my agenda. I was able to present a few things as the discussion
allowed but not everything was included. I had made a word doc to organize the
input I received from all of you and I was asked to share that via email to everyone.
I did so.
This is my statement to Tanja after the meeting:
What started this was a thread I posted in the forum asking what do sellers
want. You can see the whole conversation here: https://www.bricklink.com/messageThread.asp?ID=333951
The attached text document is a summary of the things that were asked for. I
asked for things that can be changed now, so it would be easier to roll out until
the full new site is live. Obviously there are some things wanted that don't
conform to that ask. I left those things out of the summary.
There was a very important observation I wanted to tell you, but with the difficulty
of my laptop sound I was unable to do so. When we had the meeting in September,
the first one since Steve left, I was surprised to see a Site Technician at the
meeting. As the meeting evolved, I found myself becoming more and more disappointed.
I felt like the progress of the panel's history had gone back to the beginning.
Being told that the progress on the seller tools was scraped just deflated me
completely. I felt that the voice of the technician was all that mattered at
that time and no progress had been made. Then the old site behavior started
again. Live site updates that break things. I'm still trying to find a
way to get through this again.
That was why I made the post for the next meeting. When I heard you say that
I had important info to share at this last meeting, I knew you had seen my post
and I was excited to share. Then my connection was bad and I had no chance to
share it all.
So here is all of it. Some things may be an easy fix (hopefully) while others
need time and dedication to accomplish. I am hopeful this will help get back
on task.
Thanks,
Donna
When I share things with Tanja I know I am being heard. She has done a lot to
make sure our community is being heard. She is a true professional and I appreciate
the way our panel is treated and understood by her. Please give her some "love"
You can view the copy of the document here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2aft0g0009fxu3y/Things%20sellers%20want.pdf?dl=0
Please note that I didn't share everything that everyone suggested. I asked
for and shared the suggestions that could be done reasonably within the structure
of the current site. Some things I just copied and pasted the exact words.
Thanks to everyone that participated! Let me know if the link doesn't work
Comments are welcome.
Donna
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| Author: | dcarmine | | Posted: | Mar 4, 2023 14:03 | | Subject: | Re: Unexpected find in bulk lot | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Stuart9 writes:
| | Just found this in the bulk box I’ve had for some time, one of the reasons I
like sorting such lots.
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Nice
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